Overhype

Overhype

by Mike Masnick




American Airlines Points Laid Off Employees To Monster.com

from the yeah,-that's-helpful dept

Only available in press release form at this time, but still worth commenting on. American Airlines seems to be making a big deal out of the fact that they've teamed up with Monster.com to help out all the folks they just laid off. Monster.com will now create a special section that will just include profiles of those people who no longer work for American Airlines. Sounds like a way for Monster.com to get some publicity, and for American Airlines to do absolutely nothing for those they laid off, while still sounding concerned about their plight.

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    Jul 28th, 2003 @ 3:01pm
  • PR Stunt

    by Anonymous Coward

    Yup, PR stunt. But hey, more than I got when my VC-backed company went belly-up. No notice, no severance, no vacation pay, nothing. While we were being notified there were workers in the process of putting new locks on the door so the liquidator could do an accurate inventory. Luckily I had taken my laptop home the day before, so I did have sort of a severance package. :-)

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